It’s nice to encounter a film possessing genuine feeling when so many others seem jaded by design. How It Ends is brief and pleasant, and though not particularly profound in its ideas, it serves effectively as a way to shift one's viewpoint. I feel confident that the movie successfully accomplished its aims.

“How It Ends,” a comedy about the end of the world, offers a peculiar and surprisingly hopeful narrative centered on a woman, Zoe Lister-Jones, who resolves to confront her past mistakes and resolve unfinished business as an asteroid approaches Earth. The movie is essentially about self-acceptance, even when facing imminent destruction. Liza (played by Lister-Jones) has been asked to attend a party marking the e…

After experiencing emotionally draining films like CODA, a lackluster Human Factors, and the polarizing Cryptozoo, I was really looking forward to ending my day with something simple, funny, and easygoing—a movie built around an odd but interesting idea. And that’s exactly what I got. It's just a pleasant collection of entertaining interactions and some thoughtful moments about the character, both versions of her. Ev…